The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1887-07-16
DEATH OF ALFRED kRupp.
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BERLIN, July Is ALFRED Krupp, the
well known German metal founder and
gigantic steel gun manufacturer, died to.
day in his villa near Essen, Rhenish Prus.
sia. Herr Krupp was born at Essen in
1872. 4, H. rig ti53a u 81
Alfred krupp, whose death is an
nounced, was proprietor Of the enormous
foundry and iron works at Essen, in Rhen.
lsh Prussia, which were originally estab.
liehed by his father in 1927. The elder
krupp had at first only two workmen,
and the works were conducted on the
most limited scale; but under the son,
who was born early in the present cen.
fury, they have attained proportions so
colossal that they are, undoubtedly, the
largest works Of the kind that the world
can boast Of. As early as 1851 he sent the
London Exhibition crucible steel clock,
weighing two and half tons, and to the
Paris Exhibition Of 1887 one Of forty tons.
several OF the monster guns turned ont
BY him had place in the Philadelphia
Centennial Exhibition in 1876. The
works in 1873 covered an area Of nine
hundred and five acres, which have since
been constantly added to, 80 that at the
present time they cover more than two
Thousand aorea. An immense amount OF
cast steel, besides finished articles. ara
daily turned out. The works are con-
nected with the main Rhenish railway
line, and contains more than fifty miles Of
track to facilitate the traffic, and
every department is connected by tele.
graph linea with the central offices,
Not. less. than twenty thousand men
are employed in the works, besides ten
thousand in the mines and smelling works.
and others in other departments, making
a total Of about forty thousand. n He built
for his officers and men good dwelling.
hopses, and hospitals for the sick and
aged. There is also a sick, burial and
pension fund, which in 1873 produced an
income Of $4,000, which has been doubled
since then. Another fund secures free
medical Attendance upon an annual paw
ment OF Heventy-fve cents. The works at
Essen include 1000 emelting and other
furnaces, with coke ovens, smiths' iorpec.
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steam hammers, several Of which are OF
immense size and power. There is a fire
brigade, which acts also as police force,
and many hundred watohmen. The arti.
cles manufactured includes guns, gun
carriages, shot, boiler plate, rolls, spring
steel, machinery, axles, wheels, rails and
springs for railways and mines and shafts
for the largest steamers. Krupp was the
first to introduce unveiled cast steel tires
Tor use on railways. He owned extern
sive coal and iron mines in various
parts Of Germany, besides having conces'
siona of iron mines in Spain. His smelling
works, chiefly on the Rhine, contain
five hundred coke ovens, and annually
produced FIVE hundred Thousand tons Of
pig. iron. The gigantic steel siege guns
which the Germans used with such ter.
rife effect against the city OF Paris, were
from his works. He accepted the title Of
privy commercial councillor, but declined
a patent Of nobility offered by the King
OF Prussia in 1854. 4 Ten years later he re.
ceived 80 many orders from various gov.
ernments that he negotiated q loan of
twelve million thalers, which were ex.
pended in increasing the area Of his
works, ~ .'','e.. 4 r. 9